Kāore ngā reke yoga me ngā kākahu whakapakari tinana e hokona ana e te tangata i ia rā, e tīmata wawe ana i roto i te toa. Ka tīmata wawe atu - i roto i te mira whatu, i runga i te mīhini kua oma tonu mō ngā hāora. I mua noa atu i te ngawari, te totoro, me te whakamarie o te takirua tarau yoga ki te kiri, kei te noho tonu ia hei ...
I ngā rā kua taha ake nei, kua kī tonu tā mātou awheawhe i ngā anga mīhini hou e tatari ana kia huihuia. I te tirohanga tuatahi, he āhua auau te mahi—ko ngā wāhanga e tāutahia ana, ko ngā wāhanga e whakatikatikaina ana, ko ngā mīhini e āta hanga ana i tētahi i muri i tētahi. Engari kei roto i taua tukanga he maha ngā mahi iti e huna ana...
Kia oti te whakakotahi i te mīhini whatu, kua oti te nuinga o te mahi taumaha. Kua oti te hanga o te anga, kua tāutahia ngā pūnaha, ā, kua oti katoa ngā whakamātautau. Kua rite mō te whakamahi mīhini. Engari kotahi tonu te mea whakamutunga e tino arohia ana e mātou: ko te peita. Kāore e ngawari te whakakotahitanga....
Ka kite ngā kaihoko i tō mīhini i mua noa atu i te rongonga i tana oma. Ka kite rātou i te āhua, i te hanganga, me te mutunga o te mata. Ahakoa e mōhio ana rātou, kāore rānei, he mea nui te peita ki taua whakaaro tuatahi. Mā te paninga ma, ōrite tonu ka puta te whakaaro kua tika te mahi a te mīhini...
Kua kite pea koe i tēnei i mua. E rua ngā hātepe he rite tonu te āhua i runga i te whata. He rite te momo, he rite te tae, he rite te matotoru. Engari i te wā e mau ana koe, ka tino pai te āhua o tētahi - he ngawari, he mahana, he whakamarie. Ko tētahi he taratara, he pakari, he kore rānei i te tino tika. Nō reira, he aha te mea...
Kāore e tīmata i roto i tētahi whare hoahoa, i runga rānei i tētahi whata toa. Ka tīmata i runga i te papa wheketere, i runga i tētahi mīhini whatu huruhuru hipi e toru-miro. Nō hea te Tino Whakamarie? Ko taua āhua ngawari, mahana, paraihe ki tō kiri? Kāore e tāpirihia i muri mai. Ka hangaia tika ki roto i te papanga i te wā e whatu ana. He toru-...
Kia oti te whakakotahi i tētahi Mīhini Porowhita, i tētahi Mīhini Hononga rānei i runga i tō mātou papa i Quanzhou, kua pai katoa ngā mahi miihini. Ka oma. He pumau. Mai i waho, te āhua nei kua rite ki te whakakī. Engari kāore mātou e whakaae ana "ka oma." Nā te mea ko tā te kaihoko e hoko ana...
I te nuinga o te wā, kāore ngā kaihoko e haere mai mārire mai ki a mātou. Kua tae noa mai rātou ki te poraka. Ka tuku karere mai rātou ki a mātou, ka mea mai, "Me hiahia ahau ki tētahi Mīhini Porowhita mō te koti kotahi," me "Me waiho tēnei hei Mīhini Hononga-kore—kāore taku mākete e whakaae ki tētahi mea iti iho i tēnā." He tika. Whai muri i ngā tau i roto i te mahi...
I MORTON, he tikanga tā mātou. Ina haereere tetahi o te tīma ki te whakawhanake i te mākete—ahakoa he tūtaki ki ngā hoapā hou, he tūhura rānei i ngā whai wāhitanga—ka whai wāhi rātou ki te toro atu ki te tirotiro i ngā kiritaki tawhito. Kāore he kaupapa mahi, kāore he whakatairanga hoko. He hikoi noa i roto i te kaupapa...
Ina rite te Mīhini Whatu Porowhita ki te wehe atu i tā mātou awheawhe i Quanzhou, Haina, ka whakaarohia e te nuinga o te iwi mātou e tirotiro ana i ngā mea nui—te pakari o te anga, te Pūnaha Cam, te āhua o te oma tere rānei. Āe, he wāhanga nui tēnā o te whakaaetanga. Engari he pono?...
Ka wehe atu tētahi mīhini i tō mātou papa. Ka tākaihia, ka whakakīia ki roto i ngā pouaka, ka tukuna atu. I ētahi wā ka haere ki tētahi wāhi noho mōhio i Turkey. I ētahi wā anō, ka anga atu ki tētahi tāone kāore au i kite noa i runga i te mapi. I roto i ngā tau, kua tau mai ā mātou mīhini porowhita me ngā mīhini raka ki roto i te neke atu i te toru tekau whenua. Ko...
Ka pātaihia mai tēnei ki a mātou i ētahi wā. He aha i Quanzhou ai? Anei te whakautu mārama. Kei reira ngā wāhanga. Ko ngā ngira, ko ngā kāmera, ko ngā whāriki—ka kitea te nuinga o ngā mea e uru ana ki roto i te mīhini whatu porowhita i roto i te radius rima tekau kiromita. He āwhina tēnā. Engari ehara tēnā i te whakautu tūturu...
